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Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

by Graeme_Grant

This article comprehensively covers the Microsoft ClickOnce Installer with a bare bones WinForm/WPF C#/VB Silent Updater framework plus covers how to implement, troubleshoot, test locally, to release.

Creating a Desktop Application for Converting Audio Files from Each Other

by Michael Haephrati

Desktop application that can be used to convert from and to various audio formats, such as .mp3, .m4a and .wav

Creating Test Objects With FakeModel

by Member 9913858

An introduction to using FakeModel to create test aata for you.

WebRTC Screencasting in Chrome

by Harry Truman

Screencasting (demo screen, screensharing) already works in Google Chrome. The technology allows capturing a window of the browser itself as well as windows of other applicaitons. For example, you can capture Firefox running in a separate window.

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Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

by Graeme_Grant

This article comprehensively covers the Microsoft ClickOnce Installer with a bare bones WinForm/WPF C#/VB Silent Updater framework plus covers how to implement, troubleshoot, test locally, to release.

Disable Driver Signature Enforcement with DSE-Patcher

by Kai Schtrom

How to use DSE-Patcher to disable Driver Signature Enforcement

ftp2? Evolving File Transfer with msgfiles

by Michael Sydney Balloni

A .NET client-server application for sending files over a network

TabCtrl - Adjustable Control with Zooming and Scrolling Tabs

by Aleh Baradzenka

In this article, you will learn about an adjustable control that has zooming and scrolling tabs, dragging with the mouse, custom drawing and much more.

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Desktop Programming

Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

10 Jan 2023 by Graeme_Grant

This article comprehensively covers the Microsoft ClickOnce Installer with a bare bones WinForm/WPF C#/VB Silent Updater framework plus covers how to implement, troubleshoot, test locally, to release.

Creating a Desktop Application for Converting Audio Files from Each Other

16 Aug 2020 by Michael Haephrati

Desktop application that can be used to convert from and to various audio formats, such as .mp3, .m4a and .wav

Creating Test Objects With FakeModel

17 Dec 2013 by Member 9913858

An introduction to using FakeModel to create test aata for you.

WebRTC Screencasting in Chrome

12 Apr 2018 by Harry Truman

Screencasting (demo screen, screensharing) already works in Google Chrome. The technology allows capturing a window of the browser itself as well as windows of other applicaitons. For example, you can capture Firefox running in a separate window.

C#: Scheduling with Quartz, My First Desktop Schedule Job!

30 Jul 2020 by DiponRoy

Making schedule jobs exe using Quartz scheduler

How to Create A GNOME Extension

20 Jun 2020 by Just Perfection

In this article, you will learn about the GNOME Shell extension basics, schema, gettext and more.

ftp2? Evolving File Transfer with msgfiles

12 Sep 2022 by Michael Sydney Balloni

A .NET client-server application for sending files over a network

THVDataSet - A Complete Delphi DataSet Based on Stream

7 Feb 2017 by hamdenvogel

Learn how to implement a real stream file based dataset descendant with blob support and much more

Volume Serial Numbers (like for Windows Partitions) Applied to MS Office Files

28 Oct 2019 by stc.reseller

Helpful tips in labeling Office files or how to make Office file changes statistically visible, in one single step

Explorer Context Menu Manager

16 Sep 2015 by _Plutonix

Helper class to add, change and delete Registry based Explorer Context Menus from your app

Capturing Key Strokes and Doing a Post back

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Capturing Key Strokes and Doing a Post backWith the invention of Web 2.0 customers are becoming more and more demanding when it comes to

Draw Behind Desktop Icons in Windows 8+

22 Dec 2014 by Gerald Degeneve

Draw or render a Windows Form directly over the Wallpaper, behind the Desktop Icons in Windows 8+10

Windows Service to block RDP attacks

28 Jul 2015 by Bjørn

A Service listening to Windows EventLog, recognizing attacker IPs and block them in the Windows Firewall.

TabCtrl - Adjustable Control with Zooming and Scrolling Tabs

25 Mar 2021 by Aleh Baradzenka

In this article, you will learn about an adjustable control that has zooming and scrolling tabs, dragging with the mouse, custom drawing and much more.

Tiny CMD

1 Aug 2019 by Michael Haephrati

A tiny Command Line Interface wrapped with a Graphic User Interface

OutlookTabCtrl - Another Kind of Tab

16 Mar 2021 by Aleh Baradzenka

This control is another kind of tab. Tabs are displayed as horizontal stripes and can be collapsed into buttons. Each tab is assigned its own window, which is shown when you click on the tab.

SplitterCtrl - A control for the partition of some window by several parts

16 Mar 2021 by Aleh Baradzenka

In this article, you will learn about a control that is necessary for the partition of the dialog, main or child window of your program by several parts.

File Explorer Clone with Tabs and Parallel File Search Tool

21 Apr 2018 by Wade Harvey

This article shows how to use Winforms, WPF and C# to create a File Explorer Clone with Tabs and an extremely fast parallel file search utility.

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Understanding DateTime struct in .NET Framework (using C#)

13 Aug 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Understanding the DateTime struct and using it inside your software to display Date and Time and to do the DateTime mathematics

A Simple WPF Text Clock Gadget for Windows

28 Jan 2013 by Agent__007

A simple WPF text clock gadget for Windows

Desktop Sharing using RDP APIs and Socket

24 Nov 2015 by nuclear_sun

You can share a peer's desktop with any others using this software, designate the sharer and viewers in any way you can imagine. Detailed development document and user manual can be found in the Download.

Ordermate

20 Nov 2013 by Terence Wallace

Ordermate can be used as a basic example of utilizing the XMLSerializer class to automate the creation of invoice forms.

Java Smart Card Mini Calculator

6 Aug 2018 by Mohammad Umer

Communication demonstration between java card and host application

Disable Driver Signature Enforcement with DSE-Patcher

29 Nov 2022 by Kai Schtrom

How to use DSE-Patcher to disable Driver Signature Enforcement

JTombola

30 Sep 2016 by Oscar Chávez-Bosquez

Desktop application with a tombola-like spinning label